Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Samoa instead of Aruba, you would:

Health

live 2.8 years less

In Aruba, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 81 years for women) as of 2022. In Samoa, that number is 75 years (72 years for men, 78 years for women) as of 2022.

Economy

pay a 54.2% lower top tax rate

Aruba has a top tax rate of 59.0% as of 2016. In Samoa, the top tax rate is 27.0% as of 2016.

make 85.5% less money

Aruba has a GDP per capita of $41,300 as of 2022, while in Samoa, the GDP per capita is $6,000 as of 2023.

be 26.6% more likely to be unemployed

In Aruba, 7.7% of adults are unemployed as of 2016. In Samoa, that number is 9.8% as of 2023.

Life

have 62.1% more children

In Aruba, there are approximately 11.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Samoa, there are 18.8 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

be 40.6% more likely to die during infancy

In Aruba, approximately 12.1 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Samoa, on the other hand, 17.0 children do as of 2020.

Basic Needs

be 19.6% less likely to have internet access

In Aruba, approximately 97.0% of the population has internet access as of 2021. In Samoa, about 78.0% do as of 2021.

Expenditures

spend 22.6% less on education

Aruba spends 6.2% of its total GDP on education as of 2016. Samoa spends 4.8% of total GDP on education as of 2020.

Geography

see 5.9 times more coastline

Aruba has a total of 68 km of coastline. In Samoa, that number is 403 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Ministry of Revenue, Samoa, Ministerio di Finansas, Comunicacion, Utilidad y Energia.

Samoa: At a glance

Samoa is a sovereign country in Australia-Oceania, with a total land area of approximately 2,821 sq km. New Zealand occupied the German protectorate of Western Samoa at the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It continued to administer the islands as a mandate and then as a trust territory until 1962, when the islands became the first Polynesian nation to reestablish independence in the 20th century. The country dropped the "Western" from its name in 1997.
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